The soil passing the no. 200 sieve was used to conduct a hydrometer test. The results are shown in the table below. What are the amounts of clays and silts in the soil?

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The soil passing the no. 200 sieve was used to conduct a hydrometer test. The results are shown in the table below. What are the amounts of clays and silts in the soil?
Time (min)
SHAWN
15
30
60
240
900
Hydrometer
reading
(gram/liter)
40.0
34.0
32.0
30.0
27.0
25.0
23.0
21.0
17.0
14.0
Temperature
(C)
22.5
22.5
22.0
22.0
22.0
21.5
21.5
21.5
20.0
19.0
Corrected
distance of
fall (cm)
8.90
9.21
9.96
10.29
10.96
11.17
11.45
11.96
12.45
13.10
Grain
size (mm)
0.0396
0.0285
0.0243
0.0214
0.0156
0.0116
0.0083
0.0060
0.0031
0.0017
% Finer by
weight
82.2
68.8
64.2
59.7
53.1
48.4
43.9
39.5
30.0
22.9
Transcribed Image Text:Time (min) SHAWN 15 30 60 240 900 Hydrometer reading (gram/liter) 40.0 34.0 32.0 30.0 27.0 25.0 23.0 21.0 17.0 14.0 Temperature (C) 22.5 22.5 22.0 22.0 22.0 21.5 21.5 21.5 20.0 19.0 Corrected distance of fall (cm) 8.90 9.21 9.96 10.29 10.96 11.17 11.45 11.96 12.45 13.10 Grain size (mm) 0.0396 0.0285 0.0243 0.0214 0.0156 0.0116 0.0083 0.0060 0.0031 0.0017 % Finer by weight 82.2 68.8 64.2 59.7 53.1 48.4 43.9 39.5 30.0 22.9
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